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    Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/13/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    Oh boy. Another use for the potato cannon. Looks like I get to use up that 6" PVC after all!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    Who needs nos?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/12/09

    @Baron Schm Von Shamwoüzen has swine flu: I sure don't. I'd much rather hear yeses.
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    Image of I love me some cleavage I love me some cleavage
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    Duh. 10 gallons of water (8 lbs per gallon) and the device must weigh close to 100, if not more. So, you are testing the stability control with an additional 180 pounds or so on the ass end? Aren't they supposed to design cars without added handicapping, or is that just the way Ford/Volvo does it?
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    05/12/09

    @California Stig: Rupp readily admitted it's in the early stages of development, so think of it as safety skunk works. To get back on point though, to mitigate the effect of the added weight, they removed all the rear trim right down to the steel and the spare. It's probably not quite enough to place the CG back in the original location, but it helps. The larger concern is with the change in the moment of inertia and multiple axes. That's something they're still working out. Keep in mind too, you can load this data into a sim and eliminate the offending mass.
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    Image of fastm3driver fastm3driver
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    The problem here is that they stopped making the V70R. Sad Volvo, really sad.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/12/09

    @fastm3driver: The problem here is that they stopped making 'em RWD. Even sadder.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    I'd like to meet the individual to stood up in a meeting to propose,

    "Hey, let's have a large wet cannon blast in or backside to know how it feels to get hit from behind"
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    Image of Brian O'Toole Brian O'Toole
    05/12/09

    In reply to Ford Engineers Strap Giant Water Cannon To Volvo
    "Using a Martin Engineering Hurricane Cannon, the test driver can pilot the car as normal and, with the push of a button, simulate the force of a car striking the back of the car."


    Yeah, /suuuure/. I bet the Engineers' next great lifesaving simulation will be "If we strapped missile launchers to the roof rack, and fired them ... say ... at each other ... this would emulate the effects of a heavy hailstorm ... please?"

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    05/12/09

    @Brian O'Toole: In this case the engineer is probably thinking, we'll use this for about a year, then it will need to be scrapped out, my boss will just let me take the cannon parts home. "I will RULE at the 2011 Pumpkin Chunkin contests!"
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    Want to try mounted on the roof of a Wrangler...once.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    05/12/09

    @elon musk: Oh, hell, go with a CJ5.
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    why were they making essentially a large right hand turn before setting the system off? I was expecting them to be driving straight and then hit the trigger. Why, Ben, Why? Inquiring engineers want to know.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    05/12/09

    @vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in: they're upsetting the chassis in the middle of a turn, right at the limit of grip, a perfect place to test a stability control system.
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    05/12/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Ask and you shall receive. Thanks!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    How long until the Instructable comes out for this? B/c most bikers around me travel on that side of my car....
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    Reminds me of the compressor sneezing character from Cars. This would be great to have mounted forwards-facing, then sneeze on cross traffic while waiting at a red light.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/12/09

    @Skunky: And knock yourself into the car behind you in the process, presumably. Shame.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    It would truly add a new dimension to parallel parking.
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    Imagine taking a right turn.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    Its the kind of thing that'll be used in the future to make stability control in the event of a crash that much better.

    So, if you're hit on the left side it will shoot on the right side to balance?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    ford's stability control sucks. almost killed me in a rental ford escape approaching an intersection with several pot holes. the light was red and i was gently depressing the brake to stop normally at the light. stability control had a different plan and kicked in when i hit a small pot hole and began making the brakes stutter. because of this i could not stop in time and actually had to turn right to avoid ending up in the middle of the intersection. needless to say i was f'in pissed and my passengers were wiggin out. luckily there wasn't any traffic, but it could have ended very differently if i were a: a woman or 2: there was traffic.
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    Image of Joe Valasek Joe Valasek
    05/12/09

    @Texas, Texas yee haw_Nick: You're thinking ABS.


    The wheels detected zero velocity under braking, so the ABS pumps kicked in.


    Maybe if you hit the brakes harder and let the ABS fully work, you would have stopped sooner?

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/12/09

    @Joe Valasek: at one wheel? i never had that experience with any other vehicle included my own mazda on the same road under the same conditions. ford's abs blows and could have gotten me killed.


    and after it kicked it i try letting off and braking again and it couldn't stop.

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/12/09

    In reply to Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
    I think the engineers misunderstood the design brief of "build a car that blows away the competition".
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